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View full sizeKathy Kmonicek / APRepublican candidate Carl Paladino (left) shakes hands with Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo before the start of the 2010 New York State Gubernatorial debate held at Hoftstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — All seven candidates for governor in New York are now in the midst of their unwieldy debate at Hofstra University.

Under heavy security, the debate that could mark the only meeting of Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo and Republican Carl Paladino opens under a series of rules that make it unlikely any one candidate will have more than 10 minutes of air time. The debate is being carried statewide by cable television and public radio.

The rules include 90-second answers and brief rebuttals by all candidates.

After drawing numbers from a hat, the order of questioning separated Paladino from Cuomo by Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is 2 Damn High Party.

Paladino and Cuomo planned to stick to economic issues including taxes and government overspending, and corruption in the state Capitol.